From 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' and 'Help Me Make It Through the Night' to 'Feeling Mortal,' Variety picks 10 Kris Kristofferson immortal classics.

Kris Kristofferson wrote some of the best songs in country music history. Here are five songs made famous by other artists.

Kris Kristofferson, who died over the weekend at 88, was one of country music's greatest poets. His work elevated the genre and set a new standard for lyricism on Music Row. The big picture: Kristofferson's sprawling legacy includes well-known work as a singer and an actor.

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If Kris Kristofferson’s life were fiction, it would feel a little implausible. He was a Texas-born Golden Gloves boxer and star football player, a Rhodes Scholar and a helicopter-flying U.S. Army captain who walked away from a West Point faculty gig to briefly become a janitor on his way to becoming one

Kris Kristofferson was a generational singer-songwriter whose craftsmanship made country music feel broader and deeper.

Kristofferson died Saturday at his home in Maui, Hawaii, a representative for Kristofferson confirmed to USA TODAY. A cause of death was not given. "It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather,

After years as a struggling songwriter, he found his voice with a direct, evocative style that launched his decades-long career as a musician, actor and activist.

We look at nearly a dozen No. 1 hits the late Kris Kristofferson earned during his career, as a songwriter and/or artist.